Hosea 1:11

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Hosea 1:11 tn Heb “sons” (twice in this verse, so NASB); cf. KJV, ASV “children,” and NIV, NRSV, TEV “people.”
2. Hosea 1:11 tn Heb “head” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).
3. Hosea 1:11 tn Alternatively, “gain possession of the land” (cf. NRSV) or “rise up from the land” (cf. NIV). This clause may be understood in two ways: (1) Israel will gain ascendancy over the land or conquer the land (e.g., Exod 1:10; cf. NAB “come up from other lands”) or (2) Israel will be “planted” in the land (Hos 2:22, 23; cf. NLT “will…plant his people”).
4. Hosea 1:11 tn Or “For” (so NASB); cf. NCV “because,” and TEV “Yes.”